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MALE VIOLENCE

Ayşe Tuba Arslan case | Court deems ‘My dear’ message ‘unjust provocation’

The court has pronounced its detailed judgement in the trial over the feminicide of Ayşe Tuba Arslan. According to the court, a message addressing Arslan as “my dear” was a reason for reducing the prison sentence of the perpetrator.

14 July 2021

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | 'The private life of the deceased is put on trial'

In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, arrested defendant Cemal Metin A. pressed charges over the social media posts shared under the hashtag “Justice for Pınar Gültekin”, claiming that there is “an attempt to lynch him.”

12 July 2021

Pınar Gültekin feminicide case | ‘Defendant’s parents, partner to be indicted’

Rezan Epözdemir, the lawyer of Pınar Gültekin’s family, previously applied to the Court of Cassation about the non-prosecution of arrested defendant Cemal Metin A.’s parents and business partner and demanded “reversal for the sake of law”.

12 July 2021

Appeals court overturns defendant’s acquittal, gives prison sentence for rape

Speaking about the sexual assault in Kınalıada, one of Princes’ Islands in İstanbul, and the ensuing legal process, lawyer Rozerin Seda Kip says, “My client waged a struggle and we have won. My client feels like new after three and a half years.”

6 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek

MALE VIOLENCE

İpek Er case | Criminal complaint against defendant Musa O.’s lawyers

The lawyers of İpek Er’s family have filed a criminal complaint against the lawyers of discharged specialist sergeant Musa O., who is standing trial for “driving İpek Er to suicide after sexually assaulting her.”

6 July 2021

MALE VIOLENCE MONITORING REPORT

Men kill 24 women in June

Men inflicted violence on at least 94 women, killed at least three children, abused at least seven girls and boys, harassed at least seven women and forced at least 63 women to sex work in June 2021.

6 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek

WOMEN’S AGENDA / EVRİM KEPENEK

Sürmi İnce murder and İstanbul Convention

According to her son and lawyer Bünyamin İnce, even an examination was not conducted at the scene of the incident and evidence was not collected in the five years when the trial over the killing of Sürme İnce continued.

5 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Police block women's march for İstanbul Convention, use tear gas, rubber bullets

Women took to the streets as Turkey officially quit the İstanbul Convention on combating violence against women.

1 July 2021 Evrim Kepenek,Melisa Elçin Özçelikel

Erdoğan announces action plan on violence against women as Turkey quits İstanbul Convention

"Our struggle against violence against women did not start with the İstanbul Convention and will not end with it," the president has said.

1 July 2021

CHP MP TAŞÇIER

‘Parliamentary commission legitimizes withdrawal from İstanbul Convention’

The main opposition CHP has withdrawn from the Parliamentary Commission for Inquiring the Causes of Violence Against Women: “They are trying to normalize the crime.”

24 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

MALE VIOLENCE

Trial over forced sex work: Woman’s witness statement disregarded

In the trial of the gang that forced Sibel Y. to sex work, the second hearing has been held. Lawyer Keskin says the witness statement of a woman must be taken into consideration, stressing the importance of İstanbul Convention in this context.

23 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Suspicious death of Duygu Delen: Arrest warrant against Mehmet K.

Released to house arrest, Mehmet K. has been sent to prison to be arrested in the trial over the death of Duygu Delen, who fell from the balcony of K.’s house.

23 June 2021

WOMEN’S AGENDA BY EVRİM KEPENEK

Mutlu Kaya’s silence: Don’t fear ever!

Having miraculously survived male violence, Mutlu Kaya was also in İstanbul’s Maltepe on June 19, when women from all around the country protested Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention.

21 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

'Brake the violence': Women's group train taxi drivers on violence against women

Hundreds of taxi drivers in five have so far been trained on what to do when they encounter a woman who has suffered violence.

16 June 2021 Didem Ernez

HDP’s Dundar: 18 of 20 women’s deaths in Mardin were suspicious

HDP Mardin MP Pero Dundar has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the suspicious deaths of women in the province. Asking four questions to Family Minister Yanık, Dundar has raised concerns about gender inequality.

15 June 2021

Police officer who battered a woman indicted for 'actual bodily harm'

Attorney Eren Keskin has made an application to the court, stating that the incident was not actual bodily harm but torture.

15 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Sixty academics dismissed for harassment in seven years in Turkey

The head of the Council of Higher Education gave a briefing to a parliamentary investigation committee on violence against women.

4 June 2021

MALE VIOLENCE MONITORING REPORT

Men kill 18 women in May

Men killed at least 18 women, inflicted violence on at least 67 women, killed at least one child, abused at least 16 girls and boys, harassed at least 13 women and forced at least 55 women to sex work in May 2021.

3 June 2021 Evrim Kepenek

WOMEN’S AGENDA / EVRİM KEPENEK

Mr. Minister; 14 women were killed in unsolved murders in Turkey in 2020

Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said, “There was no unidentified murder of women in 2020.” Neither the numbers nor the names of some women constantly on the public agenda confirm what the Minister claimed.

31 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

HDP LEAVES COMMISSION

‘Male violence’ protest against Soylu: ‘106 women killed in four months’

The HDP MPs have left the meeting of the Parliamentary Commission on Equality of Opportunity Between Women and Men, leaving behind placards with the names of 106 women who lost their lives in the first four months of this year.

28 May 2021

WOMEN'S AGENDA / EVRİM KEPENEK

Dear Minister; No, 'we do not tolerate' male violence

Urfa Public Prosecutor's Office finds Mehmet E.’s “sexual assault” against a woman named N.E. “tolerable” and is not taking a single action regarding her demand for justice. No, we are not accepting that!

24 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

MISSING FOR 500 DAYS

Women protest in Dersim: ‘Where is Gülistan Doku?’

It has been 500 days since university student Gülistan Doku went missing in Dersim province. Women have protested in the place where she was seen for the last time and reiterated the question: “Where is Gülistan Doku?”

18 May 2021

EŞİK PLATFORM

‘If İstanbul Convention had been enforced, 2,336 women would be alive’

On the 10th anniversary of the signature of the İstanbul Convention, the Women’s Platform for Equality has released a report documenting the incidents of male violence since the Presidential decision pulling Turkey out of the convention.

11 May 2021

NO ONE HEARS THE MOTHER'S VOICE!

Court gives custody of child to 'abusive' father

Lawyers appealed the Selçuk Civil Court of First Instance's decision to give the child to the abusive father, despite being documented by reports. However, the appeal was not accepted.

10 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

MALE VIOLENCE MONITORING REPORT APRIL 2021

Men kill 17 women in April

Men inflicted violence on at least 68 women and killed at least one child. Abusing at least eight children, including boys, men also harassed at least eight women and forced at least 58 women to sex work.

5 May 2021 Evrim Kepenek

MALE VIOLENCE

Male lawyer accuses the ‘harassed’ woman

The male passenger who harassed teacher G.E. by taking her picture on a plane from Barcelona to İstanbul in March 2019 appeared before the judge at the İstanbul Anadolu 5th Penal Court of First Instance in Kartal.

28 April 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Woman complains about harassment, prosecutor says, ‘Such things happen in marriage'

Sibel G. says that she was subjected to psychological and physical violence by her husband during their marriage, he is still harassing her after divorce: “I don’t want to entrust my child even for a day to a person who doesn’t fulfill his responsibilities.”

27 April 2021 Evrim Kepenek

MALE VIOLENCE

Exercising her right of self-defense, Melek İpek released

Arrested pending trial for killing her husband who was systematically inflicting violence on her, Melek İpek has been released.

27 April 2021

WOMEN’S PLATFORM ASKS

‘How will this Parliamentary commission investigate male violence?’

The Women’s Platform for Equality (EŞİK) has released a statement about the Parliamentary Commission Investigating Violence. The platform has defined the election process as "far from being participatory or functioning democratically”.

22 April 2021

WOMEN’S AGENDA / EVRİM KEPENEK

Münevver Kızıl: Should I leave Turkey to stay alive?

Münevver Kızıl has been struggling against male violence for 8 years, but to no avail. She has been unable to make herself heard. She refers to Yasemin Çakal, who is granted political asylum by Switzerland: “Do I have to leave this country to live?”

19 April 2021 Evrim Kepenek

Angelina Jolie talks to Elif Şafak about İstanbul Convention

US actress Angelina Jolie has interviewed novelist Elif Şafak from Turkey for the TIME magazine about the country’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention, asking her what this decision means for women’s rights in her home country.

19 April 2021

MALE VIOLENCE

Warrant against 3 people for forcing Sibel to sex work

The court board has ruled that Mutlu E. shall remain behind bars and adjourned the hearing until June 22. Attorney Eren Keskin has said, “We, as women, will once again be here on June 22. We will support Sibel.”

15 April 2021 Evrim Kepenek